Jean-Henri Voulland

Jean-Henri Voulland (11 October 1751, Uzès,

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) was a politician of the French Revolution. Originating from a Protestant family, he originally studied law. One of his offices was as deputy for

Gard Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;National Convention, to which role he was elected on 5 September 1792. In September 1793 he was elected as a member of the

Committee of General Security The Committee of General Security () was a parliamentary committee of the French National Convention which acted as police agency during the French Revolution. Established as a committee of the Convention in October 1792, it was designed to protec ...

. He became part of the opposition to Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety and played an important role in the overthrow of Robespierre on

9 Thermidor Maximilien Robespierre addressed the National Convention on 26 July 1794, was arrested the next day, and executed on 28 July. In his speech on 26 July, Robespierre spoke of the existence of internal enemies, conspirators, and calumniators, with ...

(27 July 1794). {{DEFAULTSORT:Voulland, Jean-Henri 1751 births 1801 deaths People from Uzès French Calvinist and Reformed Christians Feuillants Montagnards Members of the National Constituent Assembly (France) Presidents of the National Convention Deputies to the French National Convention Représentants en mission Members of Parliament for Gard Regicides of Louis XVI